1Kings 18..... does not get any more confrontational than that. Jesus cleasned the temple twice, humiliating and wrecking the temple franchise the Saducees had set up.
There is little doubt confrontation has its place in Gods plans.
38Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.”
40And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.